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Juvenile Historical Collection

The Juvenile Historical Collection is housed in the Information and Library Science Library at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The collection of historic children's books consists of materials mainly published between 1839 and 1920. The materials are available for library use only. The purpose of this special collection is to support further research in the history of children's literature as well as the curriculum for children's librarians at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina.

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Topics & Subjects
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Children's literature
35
Children
35
Conduct of life
27
Christian life
22
Animals
15
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American Libraries
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Juvenile Historical Collection
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
140
Altomentis Favorites
36
wishiwashere Favorites
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Creator
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dodge, mary mapes, 1830-1905
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abbott, jacob, 1803-1879
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alger, horatio, 1832-1899
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henty, g. a. (george alfred), 1832-1902
24
optic, oliver, 1822-1897
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alcott, louisa may, 1832-1888
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Juvenile Historical Collection
Nutcracker and Mouse-king
by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus), 1776-1822; Saint Simon, Mrs., tr
texts
eye 5,594
favorite 2
comment 0
Juvenile Historical Collection
Three hundred Aesop's fables
by Aesop; Townsend, George Fyler, 1814-1900. trl; Weir, Harrison, 1824-1906. ill; George Routledge and Sons. pbl; J. Ogden and Co. prt
texts
eye 5,440
favorite 1
comment 0
Date of publication based on binding indicating publication in the 1870's
Topics: Animals, Children, Conduct of life
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 39:pt.1: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 2,844
favorite 3
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Mark, the match boy : or, Richard Hunter's ward
by Alger, Horatio, 1832-1899
texts
eye 2,839
favorite 0
comment 0
Juvenile Historical Collection
The story of Little Black Sambo
by Bannerman, Helen, 1862-1946
texts
eye 2,741
favorite 12
comment 1
At head of title: The only authorized American edition
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Topics: Sambo (Fictitious character), Children
Juvenile Historical Collection
Alice's adventures in Wonderland ; and, Through the looking-glass and what Alice found there
by Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898; Tenniel, John, Sir, 1820-1914
texts
eye 2,509
favorite 3
comment 0
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 1: The poetical works of William Blake
by Blake, William, 1757-1827; Ellis, Edwin John
texts
eye 2,501
favorite 3
comment 0
Juvenile Historical Collection
Flower children; the little cousins of the field and garden
by Gordon, Elizabeth, 1866-1922
texts
eye 2,261
favorite 20
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Flowers, Gardens
Juvenile Historical Collection
The real Mother Goose
by Wright, Blanche Fisher, ill
texts
eye 2,078
favorite 4
comment 0
Illustrated t.-p. and lining-papers
Topic: Nursery rhymes
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 36:pt.1: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,993
favorite 1
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
The elementary spelling book; being an improvement on "The American spelling-book."
by Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
texts
eye 1,968
favorite 1
comment 0
Illustrated t.-p
Juvenile Historical Collection
Walter Crane's painting book
by Crane, Walter, 1845-1915; Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905
texts
eye 1,963
favorite 16
comment 1
favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Juvenile Historical Collection
Frost's original letter-writer : a complete collection of original letters and notes upon every imaginable subject of every-day life : with plain directions about everything connected with writing a letter ...
by Frost, S. Annie (Sarah Annie)
texts
eye 1,927
favorite 7
comment 0
Topic: Letter writing
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 49:pt.1 (1921/1922): St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,848
favorite 1
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Bengal fairy tales
by Bradley-Birt, F. B. (Francis Bradley), b. 1874; Tagore, Abanindranath, 1871-1951
texts
eye 1,797
favorite 4
comment 0
Topic: Fairy tales
Juvenile Historical Collection
The life and adventures of Santa Claus
by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank), 1856-1919
texts
eye 1,748
favorite 3
comment 0
Title-page illustrated in colors
Topic: Santa Claus
Juvenile Historical Collection
American Indian fairy tales
by Larned, W. T. (William Trowbridge); Rae, John, 1882-1963
texts
eye 1,712
favorite 10
comment 1
Illustrated t.p. and lining papers in color
favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite ( 1 reviews )
Topic: Indians of North America
Juvenile Historical Collection
History of Genghis Khan
by Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879
texts
eye 1,652
favorite 3
comment 0
1. Pastoral life in Asia -- 2. The Monguls -- 3. Yezonkai Khan -- 4. The First battle -- 5. Vang Khan -- 6. Temujin in Exile -- 7. Rupture with Vang Khan -- 8. Progress of the quarrel -- 9. The Death of Vang Khan -- 10. The Death of Yemuka -- 11. Establishment of the Empire -- 12. Dominions of Genghis Khan -- 13. The Adventures of Prince Kushluk -- 14. Idikut -- 15. The Story of Hujaku -- 16. Conquests in China -- 17. The Sultan Mohammed -- 18. The War with the Sultan -- 19. The Fall of Bokhara...
Topics: Genghis Khan, 1162-1227, Mongols
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 41:pt.1: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,586
favorite 1
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 49:pt.2 (1922): St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,580
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 46:pt.1 (1918/1919): St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,560
favorite 1
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 48:pt.2 (1921): St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,488
favorite 2
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 46:pt.2 (1919): St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,483
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 37:pt.1: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,409
favorite 1
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 43:pt.2 (1916): St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,409
favorite 1
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 30:pt.1: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,397
favorite 2
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 36:pt.2: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,376
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 35: Cats and kittens
by Werner, Edgar S., d. 1919, comp
texts
eye 1,366
favorite 3
comment 0
Topic: Cats
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 9 pt.2: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,355
favorite 1
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Children's books and their illustrators
by White, Gleeson, 1851-1898
texts
eye 1,338
favorite 10
comment 0
The Studio winter number, 1897-1898
Topics: Children's literature, Illustrators, Illustrated books
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 44:pt.2 (1917): St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,315
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 2: Little women, or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy
by Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888; Alcott, May, 1840-1879; Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874; Andrew, John, 1815-1875
texts
eye 1,312
favorite 1
comment 0
Part 1: 341, [7] p., [4] leaves of plates; part 2: 359, [9] p., [4] leaves of plates
Topics: Families, Young women
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 33:pt.1: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,310
favorite 1
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
All about animals. Facts, stories and anecdotes
texts
eye 1,307
favorite 3
comment 0
Topic: Animals
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 40:pt.2: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,305
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 13 pt.2: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,290
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 35:pt.1: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,287
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 12 pt.2: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,278
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 38:pt.1: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,277
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Heidi
by Spyri, Johanna, 1827-1901; Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935
texts
eye 1,268
favorite 4
comment 0
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city
Topics: Mountain life, Grandfathers, Orphans
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 1-45 (1873/1918) Index: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,259
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 35:pt.2: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,258
favorite 1
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 14 pt.2: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,233
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 31: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,229
favorite 1
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
The story of Robin Hood
texts
eye 1,224
favorite 2
comment 0
T.p. within double rules
Topic: Robin Hood (Legendary character) in literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 8: no.1-12: Our young folks [serial]
by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend), 1827-1916; Hamilton, Gail, 1833-1896; Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893
texts
eye 1,206
favorite 2
comment 0
"An illustrated magazine for boys and girls."
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 45:pt.1 (1917/1918): St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,206
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 47:pt.2 (1920): St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,204
favorite 1
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 7 pt.1: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,196
favorite 1
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 37:pt.2: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,183
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
The wind in the willows
by Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932; Barnhart, Nancy, ill
texts
eye 1,183
favorite 2
comment 0
Illustrated t.p. and lining-papers
Topic: Animals
Juvenile Historical Collection
Tales of passed times written for children
by Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703; Austen, John, ill
texts
eye 1,182
favorite 9
comment 1
Little Red Riding-Hood.--The fairy.--Blue Beard.--The sleeping beauty.--Puss in boots.--Cinderella.--Riquet with the tuft.--Tom Thumb
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Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 1: Little women, or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy
by Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888; Alcott, May, 1840-1879; Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874; Andrew, John, 1815-1875
texts
eye 1,181
favorite 0
comment 0
Part 1: 341, [7] p., [4] leaves of plates; part 2: 359, [9] p., [4] leaves of plates
Topics: Families, Young women
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 25:pt.2: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,179
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
The wonderful, the curious and the beautiful in the world's history : as recorded in the historical literature of Europe and America, from the earliest period to the present time ...
by Bryan, William S; Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
texts
eye 1,177
favorite 0
comment 0
Topic: World history
Juvenile Historical Collection
Ameliar-anne and the green umbrella
by Heward, Constance; Pearse, Susan Beatrice
texts
eye 1,169
favorite 2
comment 0
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 18 pt.2: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,161
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
The brownies around the world
by Cox, Palmer, 1840-1924
texts
eye 1,148
favorite 1
comment 0
Topic: Children's poetry
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 4: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,137
favorite 1
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol Index:v.1-27: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,136
favorite 1
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 9 pt.1: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,122
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 22 pt.1: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,098
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 44:pt1 (1916/1917): St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,089
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Painting and drawing book : with Tale of Peter Rabbit
by Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943
texts
eye 1,085
favorite 8
comment 1
favorite ( 1 reviews )
Topics: Animals, Children's stories, English
Juvenile Historical Collection
Sunday, reading for young and old, 1885 : with upwards of two hundred and fifty original illustrations
by Seymour, George Lucas
texts
eye 1,082
favorite 5
comment 0
Topics: Children's literature, American, Sunday school literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Fairy tales and stories
by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875; Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894
texts
eye 1,078
favorite 3
comment 0
Cover title: Andersen's fairy tales, : "What the moon saw [Billedbog uden billeder]": p. 382-416
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 28:pt.1: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,077
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 39:pt.2: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,070
favorite 1
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 29:pt.1: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,049
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 38:pt.2: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,033
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 5: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,027
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 6: School fellow: a magazine for boys and girls
by Richards, William C. (William Carey), 1818-1892, ed
texts
eye 1,016
favorite 2
comment 0
Subtitle varies slightly
Topics: Children's literature, Children's periodicals, American
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 47:pt.1 (1919/1920): St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 1,005
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature
Juvenile Historical Collection
The elementary spelling book : being an improvement on the American spelling book
by Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
texts
eye 1,002
favorite 2
comment 0
Juvenile Historical Collection
Vol 40:pt.1: St. Nicholas [serial]
by Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
texts
eye 996
favorite 0
comment 0
"Conducted by Mary Mapes Dodge."
Topic: Children's literature

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